Tire-armor.



J. J. BUKOLT.

TIRE ARMOR. APPLICATION FILED 'Nov.1s, 1.913.

1,1 1 8,264. Patentd Nov. 24, 1914.

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JOHN J. nunon, or s'rnvnns Porn'rA wisconsin.

TIRE-ARMOR.

Application filed November 13. 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known` that I, Jol-1N J. BUiioL'r, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Stevens Point, in the county of Portage and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Armors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to improvements in tire armors or protectors. 'The object of the invention is to provide a tire armor which will efficiently operate to prevent the tire from destructive abrasion, from puncture, and from skidding.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tire armor which may be quickly adjusted and easily repaired should one of the 'sections become worn or loosened.

` YV'ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :`-Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of an automobile! Wheel equipped 'with this improved armor. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of a portion ofthe armor. Fig. 3 .is a bottom plan View thereof. Fig. l is a central longitudinal section through one lsection of the armor. Fig.

5 is a transverse section taken on line'-.4

' the'key or wrench employed for actuating the .l Fig. Ill is a ltransver's sectionvof a tire equipped with thisA improved armor.

lnthe'embodiment illustrated, the armor is constructed of a plurality of sections l adapted to extend transversely of a tire and which are detachably connected attlieir terminals ina manner hereinafter described.

Each section l comprises a tread member V2 .and substantially flexible side members 3 and e inovablyconnected at one end with said tread member at its opposite ends, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 800,880.

said side members are provided at theirfree ends with link engaging members 5. Each tread member 2 comprises a substantially rectangulan longitudinally. bowed metal plate z having its side edges bent inwardly at right angles to f'orm flanges 6 and its ends bent to forni. hooks T with which latter the side members 8 and l are designed to be enga ged, as will be hereinafter described. The bent hooked portions 7 of each plate 2 are lcut away at their inner ends as shown at 8 to provide for the insertion and free movement of the connecting pintles of the side members. Each of theseplates 2 has an instruck portion 9 forming anti-skidding elements, which is arranged mid-way between the ends of said plate and which is spaced from the side flanges of said plate for a purpose to be described. l

The inner member or wall of each tread member 2 is constructed in the form of a rectangular plate of a width slightly less thanthe width between the side flanges of the plate 2 to adapt it to fit between said flanges and which has its opposite ends bent inwardly to form right angular flanges 10. This inner tread plate 9, after the ends have been bent. to form the flanges 10, is ofa length slightly less than the distance between the inner edges'of the hooks .7 of the plate 2 and said plate is designed to fit between said hooks with the flanges 10 thereof resting against the inner face of the plate 2. lVhen this plate'is manufactured, it is bowed slightly, and after it 'has ybeen disposed in the plate 2 betweenits hooked ends, sufficient force is brought to bear on the outerface thereof to force it inwardly and so curve it-as to adapt it to llt the outer face of a pneumatic vehicle tire. When pressure is exerted on'this plate to force it inwardly, the flanged ends l() thereof will spread outwardly under the hooks 7 thereby securely locking said plate 9 in engagement with the plate 2, as is shown clearly7 in Figs. 100

4 and 11. Before the plate 9 issecured in position, woodenblocks 11 are preferably disposed in the plate 2 on oppositesides of the inbent portion or skidding element thereof, and are designed to form fillers or cushioning members between the plates 2 and 9, and which also serve as spacers to hold the plates the desired distance apart with the outer face of plate 9 flush with the free edges of the flanges 6 of plate 2. This plate 9, 1F10 @tiene connected again,` and'the links tightened up whereby the proper fit of the armor will be insured.

claim as my invention :f- A tire armor composed ofma plurality of separable seetionseaeh including a -puncture proof tread member comprisingA an outer Piate having side anges 'and turned endhooks with Spaces between the ends .of 'said hooks'and said an n to fit between he anges and hooks of the outer plate and having inturned end flanges for extension under said hooks, the anges es, an inner plate shaped JCI-IN J. BUKOLT. lWitnesses. l

vJOHN G, GLINSKI,

XVM. J. EIDEN. 

